title: The Killingdirector: Stanley Kubrickcast: Sterling Hayden, Elisha Cook Jr., Marie Windsorone sentence or less: In his second feature, Stanley Kubrick shows glimmers of his bright future as one of film’s greatest directors.

Stanley Kubrick stepped on the set of “The Killing” at the ripe old age of 28 with a single feature and several shorts under his belt. Armed with a B-Feature budget(approximately $320,000), a cast of aging film noir stars, and little studio support (United Artists relegated the finished film to the second half of a double feature), Kubrick spun Lionel White’s short novel “Clean Break” into a classic caper film. It might not be able to stand amongst the best of Kubrick’s films, but it is an entertaining little heist film with equal bits suspense and humor that showcases an emerging talent in director Kubrick.